How to disable automatic screenshots when testing the user interface (Xcode)

Question

I am running Xcode UI Testing through Jenkins. Screenshots are taken at every step, so after starting the package for a while, the Mac uses all the space on the hard drive. Does anyone know if you can turn off the automatic screenshots of Xcode UI Testing, so less space is used?

Answer 1

I did not find a reliable way to deactivate screenshots, but the size taken by them was deleted by setting the following in jenkins:

Jenkins> Open Job> Configure> Build> Xcode> Advanced Build Settings> check the box "Clean test reports"

Now this leads to the fact that the test results have a much more manageable size, and I can constantly keep my test packages in jenkins.

Hope this helps someone else.

Answer 2

I'm not sure how to turn off the screenshots, but you can put the screenshots in the place where they will be deleted:

xcodebuild -workspace App.xcworkspace \ -scheme "SchemeName" \ -sdk iphonesimulator \ -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 6,OS=9.0' -derivedDataPath '/dev/null' test 

Note the -derivedDataPath '/dev/null' , which will take screenshots. This will place the screenshots on the null device, which is a special device that discards the information recorded on it.

Hope this helps, happy testing!

Answer 3

Another way to do this is to configure Xcode Scheme to not take screenshots by doing the following in Xcode:

• Change the scheme (Cmd + Shift + <)
• Click Test Configuration on the left.
• Click "Options" at the top
• Uncheck "Capture screenshots automatically." Alternatively, you can save this, but also check “Delete when each test succeeds” if you just want screenshots for crashes.